Didn't he lose his house in one of the wildfires? And I vaguely recall some other big setback, maybe with a restaurant or something. I wonder if he was just having problems with civilian life.

I dont know, but the house he off'd himself in wasn't exactly a poor man's home. He lived right there on the beach. Oceanside is one of San Diego's nicest beach communities IMO. It's also where i grew up. It's a small coastal military town right next to Camp Pendelton. His house was literally 20 feet away from one of the nicest beaches in San Diego.

I always worried about those houses actually. Seems like the Ocean could just swell up slightly and swallow those things whole.